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Courtney Odelein’s (@courtodelein) love of dance began at the age of three with Quill Lake School of Dance. She has been trained under the RAD, ADAPT, CDTA, and NHDA dance syllabus. During high school, she worked with Annie Woods in the jazz/contemporary company Dare to Dance: Instincts. After graduation, Courtney travelled to Vancouver to dance with Harbour Dance Centre’s Intensive Training Program. Courtney soon moved to Toronto, Ontario and trained with Scholarship Dance Program, Army of Sass, and BOSS Dance Company. She is a faculty member for Lisa Stevens and Heidi Ford’s Broadway Bound International Dance Convention and Fayez1 Productions with Faye Rauw. You can see her in videos for artists such as; V Sevani, Wanting Q, Diana Viselli, Ain’t No Love, and Sonder Collective: Human Diaries. She has appeared in numerous shows, events and productions all over Canada, such as, Vancity Project, Urban Alchemy, Tapistry, The GREAT Campaign, Dance Ontario, REVEALED, The Box Presents: Evoke, Julia Tynes, A Night of Sonder and many, many Army of Sass Shows. Her T.V. credits include; Canada Summer Games closing ceremonies, Extra, TSN, Coors Light, the Marilyn Denis Show and CTV. Miss Odelein is the Co Artistic director of the Army of Sass; Heels Training and Performance Program-Toronto and the Co Artistic Director of SONDER Dance Collective. She has the pleasure of working as head choreographer and back up dancer for recording artist Julia Tynes.Courtney is also well on her way to becoming a certified tap and jazz instructor with the ADAPT Syllabus and acrodance instructor with the Acrobatique Sylllabus.Courtney has a genuine love of dancing, teaching and performing and is very grateful to have dance as such an vast part of her life. 📷: @minusculelens

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Cheryl Chan (@chermanderrr) began dancing at the age of four at the Oakville School of Dance where she trained recreationally in ballet for nine years. Throughout secondary school, she expanded her repertoire to jazz and contemporary at the Oakville Academy for the Arts. During her post-secondary years, she Joined the McMaster Dance Company as a hybrid dancer where she contributed to both the Contemporary and Urban Teams. She had the opportunity to compete in and choreograph for competitions such as OUCH, BYOB and Terpsichore and in her final year of post-secondary she was proud to share the stage with her friends in the first competitions as "Vie Division" at ACAD (Academy of Hip Hop) and BYOB (Bring Your Own Beat) where they placed second and third respectively. Training for each and every one of these competitions over the years have helped Cheryl to become the focused and diligent dancer she is today. In addition to choreography, over the past two years Cheryl has delved into her love for house dance and has been training in freestyle with the goal of eventually competing in battles. In 2016, she participated in the house category for Hip-Hop vs House and Parks N' Wreck where she placed top 8 for both. Although working a fully-time job, Cheryl still continues to further her growth in dance by attending classes, workshops and sessions in Toronto. To Cheryl, dance has always been more that a hobby. Dance will always be a part of her and she will always continue to push herself to grow and become the dancer she knows she is meant to be in this life.📷: @minusculelens